neutralize the whole law. In Deuteronomy 22: 17, we read, " Neither shall he take to himself many wives, that his heart may turn away." Solomon transgressed this precept, and it is said by Rabbi Simon that the angels took note of his ill-doing and addressed the Deity: " Sovereign of the world, Solomon has made Thy law even as a law liable to change and diminution. Three precepts he has disregarded, namely, ( He shall not acquire for himself many horses'; ( neither shall he take to himself many wives '; ( nor shall he acquire to himself too much silver and gold.' Then the Lord replied, " Solomon will perish from the earth; aye, and a hundred Solomons after him, and yet the smallest letter of the law shall not be dispensed with."